Raimo Veikko Vartia (15 January 1937 – 18 December 2018) was a Finnish
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
player. He competed in the men's tournament at the
1964 Summer Olympics.
In addition, Vartia represented Finland in three EuroBasket tournaments (1959, 1961, 1963). Domestically, he won five Finnish championships. Vartia died on 18 December 2018 at 81 years of age.
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1937 births
2018 deaths
Basketball players from Helsinki
Finnish men's basketball players
Olympic basketball players for Finland
Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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